Combination power-machine.



No. 847,855. PATEHTED MAR. 19,1907. 6. M. VRIOOME.

COMBINATION POWER MACHINE. APPLICATION rum) rm. 9, 1905.

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APPLICATION FILED I'IiB. 9,1905.

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INVENTOH GARRETT M ARTLBNG VROOPIE ATTORNEYS PATENTED MAR.,19, 1907.

G. M. VROOME. COMBINATION POWER MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED PEBL9,1905.

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G. M.' VROOME. COMBINATION POWER MACHINE.

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COMBINATION POWER MAOHINE.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.9,1905.

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Mr S E I INVE rany GARRETT MARTLING VROOME ,3 BY (K /QM A TTORNEYS same.

PATENT OFFICE.

GAR ETT MARTLING vRooME, oF CASTLETON CORNERS, NEW YORK.

COMBINATION POWER-MACHINE.

No. earners.

Specification of Letters Patent.

yplication filed February 9, 1905. Serial No. 244,972-

Patented March 19, 1907.

To asZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LGARRETT MARTLING V'RooMn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Castle'tonCorners, in the county of Richmond and State-ofNew York, have invented certain new and usefullmprove.

ments in Combination Power-Machines, of

which'the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in combination power machines, and consists inv certain novel constructions and combinations of arts hereinafter described and claimed.

mentof my invention. Fig. 2-is'a central side view showing a modified form. Figs 4 is a front view of Fig.3.. I Fig. 5-is a view of a inodifiedform of mechanism for connectingthe weight and driving-shaft. other modification-of. the connection between the weight and thedriving-shaft. I Fig. 7 is a, front view of a modifiedform of mechanism for connecting the floatto the transmission--- shaft. Fig. 8 is a front View. of another modification, and Fig. 9 is a side view'of the Fig. 10 shows another modification of my invention. Fig. 11 is a. side view thereof, and Figs. 12-, l3yand Mare detail views of parts shown in Flgs. 4 and 5. I

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the mechanism is supported within and above a pit A,-of-masonry.or,other suitable material,- communicating with the water of the ocean through the conduits a, whereby the water in the pit may be influenced by thetide. Slideways a, comprising a plate provided with a cured to the si es of the pit, and floats a are arranged within the pit tobe acted upon by the tidewater-, the sand floats being provided with brackets a at the ends thereof for engaging the slideways, the brackets having grooves for receiving the tongues, whereby to guide the floats in their rising-and-falling movement. Vertical guideways a are.'sup-. ported in the pit by asuitable framework A, and slidably mounted on the guideways are rack-bars a, the rack-bars being connected at the lower ends to the floats and; engaging pinions a7, 'ournaled upon shafts a sup- 'ported by t e framework A before mentioned. The pinionso mesh with, inions a", secured u on a shaft a f, journa ed n the framewor and upon the shaft u. is slidably.

mounteda sleeve of, havingupon oneofthe I Fig. Sisa Fig. 6 is anrojecting tongue a are s e-.'

wheel a is provided with a projection a,

adapted to be engaged by .propctions a a upon the upper'and lower portions of the rack-bar, the said rojections acting to partially rotate the w eel, whereby to operate the clutch; i

YA brakeis provided for the drum a, comprising a lever c. pivoted upon the frame", I

and r'ovided witha brake-shoe a engaging the rum, the lever, being provided with a.

weightin whereby to make suitable pressure upon the drum.

. The drum a. has wound thereon a rope-a winding at its other end upon a roovedul-' ley, a, loosely journaled upona living-s it a, mounted in the framework A and con- I nected thereto by a paWl-and-ratchet-mecb. The pawl-and-ratchet mechan-.

'anism 03?.

ism u is so arranged that when the rope'is wound upon the drum I the oovedpulley a is. disconnected fro Tl the s aft a. The

pulley 0. is provided with another groove a, and woundwithi-n the groove is a rope'a connected to a weight a movable vertically in the pit. I I I I The motion of the shaft aa'is transmitted. by means of the gear-wheel a with the shaft and meshing with the inion 0 upon a shaft a, journaled intl'le amework from whence it may be. distributed in any suitable" manner. I It will be evident from the description that when the float a is moved upward by the tide the rack-bars a at the commencement of their movement will partiallyrotate the [wheels a, through the engagement oft-he pro ections a on the rack-bar with theme-- ection q 'ripon the wheels, to swing the lever 0 to operate theclutch a a. to connect the shaft a with the drum a;

pulleyu and winds up. the rope (rain the groove 0,, thus elevating the weight 07.. The

pawl-and-ratchet connection .ot the pulley a. with the shaft af permits the movement of the drum without -aifecting the shaft. At high tidexthe. projections 0 engage the pro I The winding of the 'rope'c upon the drum'a rotates the- I the gear-wheel a and the pinion a to the shaft e. and the bevel-gear 6 may shaft a. i

In the modificationshown in Figs. 3 and the weight a is attached to'the lower end of a system of lazy-ton gs B, .working upon a fixed shaft 6 and having secured to the upper end thereof the rack-bar a, meshing with the pinions a7, as before described. It will be understood that the mechanism shown in Figs. 3 and 4 is merely a modification. of the manner of connecting the'float a with the rackbars.

In Fig. 5' the grooved pulley a isdispensed with, and the weight a is connected bya link 6 with a lever C, loosely mounted upon the shaft a and provided with a springpress'ed pawl c, engaging'a ratchet-wheel c rigid with-the shaft a, It will be evident that when the rope a is wound upon the drum a the arm C will be drawn upward, ullino' u the Wei ht (1 the awl d mov- P. n P g P mg idly over the ratchet-teeth. When theweight has reached its highest position and the drum a is released from the shaft a the weight tends to draw downward the arm C. and the pawl c engages the ratchet-wheel thus rotating the shaft a i'the rotation being imparted to the shafta by means of the intermeshing gear-wheels a a In Fig. 6 the weighta is attached to arackbar D. meshing with the gear-wheel d, loosely mounted on the shaft of, the gear being provided with a spring-pressed pawl d, engaging a ratchet-wheel d rigid with the shaft a When the-weight is drawn upward by means of. the rack-bar ,D and the rope a, the gear? wheel d is rotated and the pawl cl slips idly over the teeth of the ratchet-wheel (1 When,

however, the weight commences to descend,

the pawl engages the ratchet, thus rotating the shaft (1 I In Fig. 7 the weight a is connected by the links E E to a yol e e, the yoke being connected by the rope'a with the drum a. The links E E slide through bearings inthe supporting framework A, and the weight is guided in its upward and downward movement by the guideways e". A cross-bar e is secured to the. links E E, and the said crossbar is provided with a pin. e engaging a spiral groove '6 in a vertical shatt e, mounted for rotation in the framework A. The bevelgear a is secured to the upper enl gt the e are is now, however, connected withranged to mesh with a bevel-gear (not shown upon the shaft (1 and connected to the shaft by paWl-and-ratchet mechanism similar to that shown in Fig. 6 in such manner that when the weight moves upward the rotation of the shaft 0" not imparted to the shaft e but when said weight moves downward the pawl-and-ratchet mechanism connects the shaft c" with the shaft o In Figs. 8 and 9 is shown afront and side view of a modification wherein the weight a? is connected to a rack-bar G, slidable in a guideway g,supported in any suitable man ner by the framework A and engaging the .inion g", loosely mounted upon the shaft a.

he shaft (1. has mounted for longitudinal movement thereon, but keyed thereto, a

sleeve g, provided with a clutch-face 9, engaging a clutch-face g upon the pinion g" be fore described. The sliding sleeve is operated by the same operating mechanism shown in Figs. 1 and 2, comprising the lover a -and the link a, connecting said lever to the wheel a, the wheel having a projection 0, engaged by the projections (2 and a before described. The rack-bar G also ongages a gear-wheel g, loosely mounted on the shaft and coimected thereby to pawl-andratchet mechanism. 9 in such manner that when the rack-bar moves uoward the gearwheel g rotates loosely on the shaft a and when said rack-bar moves downward the pawl-and-ratchet mechanism 9 connects the gear-wheel to the shaft. The sh aft (1? is p ro vided with the usual gear-wheel a for transmitting movement, and the pinion 0. is actuated by the rack-bar a, before described.

. In Figs. 10 and 11 is shown a modification wherein the fio'at a, is. connected by a trussbar H with the crank-pin h of a wheel h, se cured to a shaft 72, the wheel h. being grooved to receive a rope if, the rope being secured at the point it to the periphery of the wheel.

The ends of the rope h are connected directly with the rack-bars a, one end of the rope being connected to one rack-bar and the other end to the other rack-bar. The wheel h is so proportioned with respect to the height of the rise of the tide that at high tide the crank-pin will be at about the posi tion shown in Fig. 11, while at low tide it will make a similarang-le with the horizontal diameter of the wheel, but on the lower side of said diameter. It will be evident from the description that when the tide rises the rack-bars secured to the end 71 of the rope 71/ will be elevated while at the falling of the tide the rack-bar secured to the end ll. of the rope h will be elevated. In this manner both the rise and fall of the tide will he utilized.

In Figs. 12, 13, andld is shown in detail a means for guiding the lazy-tongs in the modification shown in Figs. 8 and 4. The pivotrods 5 in this device have their ends forked at b and have journaled in the fork frictioi1- rollers b on aging the sides of the guideways b Other iction-roll'ers b-are journaled directly upon the pivot-rods and. also engage the guideways. This arran ement constrains the pivot-rods of the azy-tongs to -move' in vertical lines and in the same verand said shaft, means whereby the rack-bar. may Operate the clutch to release the drum at the end of its upward movement, a driving- ,sh'aft below said first shaft, a pulley journaledon .the driving-shaft, a pawl-andratchet connection between the pulley andthe drivingeshaft, means connecting the drum and. the pulley for impartin rotary movement thereto, said' awl-an ratchet "connection releasing the s aft during said rotary movement, and a cable winding upon aving the pulle during said movement and an attac ed weight whereby to rotate sai pulleyand driving-shaft in the opposite direction when the drum released.

. 2. In apparatus of-the class described, the 4 combination with the float adapted to be acted upon .by the rise and the fall of the tide,

shaft journaled above the float, means connected with the float for rotating'thefslfriti'fa drum j ournaled on the shaft,'clutch.mechin-= ism for connecting the drum to .theishafl;

means connected with the float for actuating said clutch to connect the drum and shaft vwhen the floatmoves in one direction, and 'for releasing the connection when said float moves in the opposite direction a drivingshaft, a pulley on said driving-shaft, a rope having an attached weightconnected with said pulley for rotating the driving-shaft in one direction, and means for imparting the rotary movement of the drum to the pulley whereby to wind the rope thereon,

3. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with thefloat adapted to be acted upon by'the rise and the fall of the tide, a shaft journaled above the float, means connected with the float for rotating'the shaft during the upward movement of said -float, a

a rope aving an attached weight connected withtsaid pulley for rotating the drivingshaft in one direction, and means for impart ing the rotary-movement of said first-named shaft to the pulley whereby to wind the rope thereon. l

Si ed at Castleton Corners, in the county, ofRichmond and State of New York, this 6th day of February, A. D. 1905.

' eman'rr inartmeiraooma Witnesses: i a

FRAlgK H. Eamon,

HENRY E. BUsH.

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